Mr Godwin Kakande > MMAKS Advocates > Kampala, Uganda > Lawyer Profile
MMAKS Advocates Offices
4th Floor, Redstone House
Plot 7 Bandali Rise - Bugolobi
Kampala, Uganda
Uganda
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Mr Godwin Kakande
Work Department
Corporate Advisory
Position
Godwin is a Partner with the firm’s corporate advisory team.
Career
Godwin is a Partner with the Corporate Advisory team at MMAKS Advocates. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions and advises on all types of corporate and commercial law related matters, including capital markets, oil and gas, Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), telecommunication and data privacy, insurance, insolvency and private equity. He routinely advices on various tax matters relating to income tax, VAT, withholding tax, transfer pricing, capital allowances and deductibility of expenses.
He previously worked with ALN Kenya|Anjarwalla & Khanna, Kenya’s largest law firm.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Member, Uganda Law Society
- Member, Law Society of Kenya
- Member, East Africa Law Society
- Member, New York Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Tax and Revenue Administration, East African School of Taxation, Uganda
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Kenya School of Law, Kenya
- Master of Laws (LL.M), Cornell University School of Law, USA
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), University of Pretoria, South Africa
Lawyer Rankings
Uganda > Leading firms
MMAKS Advocates offers a ‘one stop shop for clients‘ and assists local and international investors and businesses with a wide range of corporate and commercial issues, particularly in the infrastructure, natural resources and energy sectors. Intellectual property law and litigation are further areas of strength. Managing partner Timothy Masembe Kanyerezi is an expert litigator who regularly acts for banks, and the ‘very well connected‘ Apollo Nelson Makubuya leads the commercial and corporate advisory team, assisting with a wide range of transactions. The group also includes Fiona Nalwanga Magona, who assists on multijurisdictional transactions ‘with excellent client care skills’; the corporate law specialist Godwin Kakande; and Flavia Suubo, who focuses on corporate advisory with emphasis on M&A across different sectors.